Bravest Sailor Ends Feud In Coastal Rescue
In a Newfoundland like tale, Captain Dave Bliss of the Mary and Jane saves the Swordfish during a perilous near-grounding on a sand bar. He earns forgiveness from Captain Baker and the town as Mary Baker reunites with him, and the elder Baker asks for a peaceful retirement.
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Dave Bliss
Josh Baker
Dave
Baker
Mary Baker
Mary
Jane
Captain Baker
Dave Biles
Lyre Bird of Australia Imitates Birds and Sounds
The lyre bird is described as the largest and most handsome songbird of Australia. Its tail forms a lyre shape and it spreads the tail over its head while singing. It imitates many sounds including saws, dog barking, hens cackling, and cat mewing, with a loud, fuller own song.
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Australia
Leprosy Is Contagious and Human Made Disease
Leprosy remains an exclusively human illness not transmissible to animals. It does not arise spontaneously and always stems from lesions or secretions of an infected person. Importation by a leper explains new country outbreaks. mode of infection and entry routes remain unconcluded. Every leper poses danger to intimate, prolonged contacts.
Ice Distinction Between Skating Options
Dialogue from Chica Tribune humorously contrasts skating in a park with skating at rinks. Miss Gladys asserts no objection to park skating while objecting to rink skating, citing an “ice distinction” that seems obvious to her.
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Gladys
Chica Tribune
Cost of living shows continued rise in 1906 wholesale prices
Washington reports the Bureau of Labor finds 1906 wholesale prices higher than any year in 17 years across 258 commodities. Seven of nine groups rise, led by metals and implements up 10.4 percent and lumber and building materials up 9.6 percent. Farm products nearly unchanged, foods up 3.6 percent, drugs and chemicals down 7.2 percent.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor
Chamberlains Colic Cholera Diarrhoea Remedy Ad
For thirty years Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy has gained implicit confidence as a reliable cure. It tastes pleasant when diluted with water and sugar. Sold by W. H. McKee E R Lash and Barton Drug Co Chauncey.
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W. H. McKee
E. R. Lash
Barton Drug Co
Chauncey
South American Oil Birds Move In Bleak Caves And Island Nests
In northern and western South America the guacharo or oil bird inhabits caves and rocky ledges. Monos Island near Trinidad is a famous breeding site, with circular mud nests and four white eggs. Natives harvest fat from nestlings to make guacharo butter, while nest caves in Peru reach sixty feet high and access is dangerous.
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South America
Monos
Trinidad
Pearson's Weekly
New Life Pills Claim To Prevent Alimony From Appendicitis
Advert reads Dr King’s New Life Pills marketed by W. H. McKee druggist for gentle action on the appendix and bowels with a humorous vow that regularity prevents the need for divorce from your appendage, priced 25 cents.
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Dr. King
W. H. McKé@e
Laxative Cough Syrup Coxtamix Honey and Tar
Historical notice notes a laxative cough syrup product named Coxtamixe Honey and Tar. It references medicinal use and branding in an era seeking patent remedy phrasing. Details on company, ingredients, or regulatory actions are not clear in the readable text.
Seven Men Rescued Alive From Eureka Mine Flood
Johnstown May 1 seven miners trapped by a flood at Eureka mine in Foustwell were found alive near 10 pm Tuesday after Steiny Rodon and Charles Ream breached 50 feet of water filled heading. Bolya led the group to the overcast as pumps drained the mine and the men rationed scant food and water.
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Eureka
Foustwell
Stiney Rodon
Charles Ream
Ream
Mike Bolya
Bolya
Rodon
Baseball Scores From Around the Circuit
Results list multiple games with teams such as Boston New York Detroit Cleveland Pittsburg St Louis New York Columbus Minneapolis Louisville Milwaukee Toledo Kansas City Indianapolis St Paul. Notable line: Detroit game called end fourteenth due to darkness. File shows varied R H E tallies and battery pairings for each contest.
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Boston
New York
Pruitt and Shaw
Brockett and Kleinow
Detroit
R. H. EB
Chicago
Mullin and Payne
White
Walsh and Sullivan
Columbus
Minneapolis
Louisville
Millwaukee
Toledo
Kansas City
Indianapolis
T. Paul
Dr Thomas Eelectric Oil Heals Cuts Burns Fast
Farmers mechanics and railroaders rely on Dr Thomas Eelectric Oil to stop sting and pain from cuts burns or bruises at once. Pain cannot stay where it is used.
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Thomas Eelectric
War veteran praises Peruna in letters from Columbus
Col. Arthur L. Hamilton of the Seventh Ohio Volunteers praises Peruna noting its merits for catarrh and stomach trouble. He cites lower casualties in his regiment during the Spanish American War and credits Peruna with aiding his command at Camps Alger Meade and Bushnell. He and others endorse Peruna as a remedy and tonic.
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Arthur L. Hamilton
Ohio Volunteers
Goodale St
Columbus, O
Hartman
Col. Hamilton
War Department
Army Corps
Alger
Meade and
Bushnell
H. B. Manley
Cheate
A. G. Pittaway
Spark Street
Ottawa
Canada
Peruna
OF INTEREST TO WOMEN. Sweet potato and oyster pie method
Cut cold cooked sweet potatoes into thick slices and layer in a deep baking dish with salt pepper sugar and butter. Pour milk to barely cover and bake. Prepare a crust first then fill with oysters, liquor, butter, salt, pepper and cracker crumbs, boil, bake and serve hot.
Water-Supplying Trees Found On Island Off Africa
A tree species on an offshore African island provides the island's sole water source via leaf condensation. Similar drip behavior is seen in Washington state and British Columbia forests, with nightly flows ceasing around late morning and resuming at sunset.
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Africa
Washington State
British Columbia
Notable men who can’t write and the patriotic railroads
A playful critique links literacy to fame and questions the Giant’s Causeway. It notes Ireland’s abundance of shamrocks as a possible reason for doubt, tying national symbols to literary skill and patriotism in a humorous tone.
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Ireland
Upside-Down Turvydom Visitor Learns Homesick Truth
A Turvydom visitor arrives on earth tasting a world where red grass grows on trees and leaves on the ground. He describes his odd sight through a pig pink ear and walks on hands, saying he dislikes the upside down world and longs for home as locals laugh at him.
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Turvydom
Earth
Philadelphia
Dean's Regulats Cure Bilious Attacks
A vintage drug advertorial touts Dean's Regulats as a remedy for bilious attacks and belly heaviness after meals. It promises relief for tongue coating and sallow complexion, with a price of 25 cents at any drug store.
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Dean
New England Visitors and Local Guests Reported
George L Hil a business visitor in Athens. Mrs Myrtle Stewart and daughter Ruth of Jacksonville guest of her parents, Harvey and Mrs Wright. Miss Gay McGinty returned home in Stewart after a two week stay. William Edwards visited his son Dalton near Athens over Sunday. Morris Beasley of Sharpsburg was a business visitor here Monday. Mrs Alice Ewing and child returned home at Portsmouth after visiting Mr and Mrs James Clifford near here. Eli and Lon Spaulding were Athens visitors Monday.
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George L. Hil
Athens
Myrtle Stewart
Ruth
Jacksonville
Harvey Wright
Gay McGinty
Stewart
William Edwards
Dalton
Morris Beasley
Sharpsburg
Alice Ewing
Portsmouth
James Clifford
Eli and
Lon Spaulding
Firms charge favoritism in railroad stock control dispute
The Campbell Creek Coal company and the Columbus Iron and Steel company filed with the Interstate Commerce Commission in Washington alleging favoritism against the Kanawha and Michigan Railroad. The complaint claims the Hocking Valley Railroad controls K M stock and Sunday Creek Coal.
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Campbell ,Creek Coal. Company
Columbus, Iron ,and Steel Company
Interstate Commerce Commission
Washington
Kanawha & Michigan Railroad Company
Hocking Valley Railroad Company
Sunday Creek Coal Company
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Johnstown, Pa
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National League
Pittsburg
R.H.E. Pittsburg
Bt. Louis
Leifield
Phelps
McGlynn
Noonan
R. J. E. Boston
Dorner and Brown
McGinnity and Bresnahan
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First National Bank
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Waltham
Millikan
New England
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